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[quote name='Rayman' post='703894' date='Jan 7 2010, 10:28 AM']Overrated: The Wombles. They're useless, I've been to Wimbledon, and it's covered in empty beer cans and crisp packets.[/quote] Thats overground...... The Wombles also did underground. Garry

[quote name='beerdragon' post='699878' date='Jan 3 2010, 07:43 PM']Why is stuff crossed out on your MySpace page Lowdown?[/quote] Not sure... But if you hover over the 'stuff'.. it then goes underlined.. weird...eh? Part of the code i think. Garry

Why not just have a 'Feelers' section? Then nobody would look in there, apart from people just after a grope. Garry

A great quote from the man himself...[BB forum] check out the last line... The Fender people are so down to earth and committed to expanding their tradition of making the best Basses and Guitars in the world! I know that when the time comes for the "Babbitt Bass" they will be 1000% behind it! [b]Sorry, I said I was going to write a "quick Bass note" but I think I took a solo>>>>>[/b].... Garry

It helps to be thick skinned when busking, When the Keyboard player sticks two fingers up at you... He means in the key of 'D major'.... Not f**k off. Garry

[quote name='thestick' post='695464' date='Dec 29 2009, 11:04 AM']Can anyone tell me if Jeff Finch is still making basses? or how i can get in touch with him? He made me a great six string bass in 94, I would love to meet up with him again... if anybody knows any details can you please let me know.[/quote] I am really good friends with Jeff. Infact just spoken to him recently. [he is living out at Clacton] Not doing any Bass stuff at the moment. He built me a couple of Basses in the late 80's [one was a great 6er, also his repair work was great] If you want to speak to him PM me your name and number, and i will pass it on. He likes his privacy these days. Garry

Any of the the Trojan Records stuff is always a winner. [go to You tube] Garry

Yep great bit of footage. Must be a publicity shoot. JJ turning up for a rehearsal in shirt and tie.?.. Garry

Great line. Ready Freddie can groove a bit! Garry

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='677358' date='Dec 7 2009, 11:34 PM']Hi Garry! Martin sends you his very best regards - yes, scary story that! He said that he ended up calling his Dad who was on business in Paris following the `alarm clock/bottle/mantlepiece' incident...! Cheers Nick[/quote] Yep truly amazing.... Enjoy the Panto. Garry

[quote name='bassman2790' post='674706' date='Dec 5 2009, 07:17 AM']How do you get a gig doing Pantomimes / theatre?[/quote] Rub the Genie's magic lamp, and all will be revealed. Garry

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='674602' date='Dec 4 2009, 11:39 PM']You should have given him a slap!!! Oh, forgot to say, I'm also operating a rat on a stick!!! Myself and drummer Martin Wild (Alan Price, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Mike D'Abo etc)[/quote] Ask Martin about the Drunken MD and the night club residency we did in Rotterdam in the early 80's... Should give him a few shivers.. Say hello to him from me.....[i think he should remember] Garry

Welcome essexbasscat. Another one living in South Essex here. Garry

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='673378' date='Dec 3 2009, 04:45 PM']Can't find out who the player is yet but will carry on looking - anyone out there know? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWFLKj4CyyY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWFLKj4CyyY[/url][/quote] A guy called William Robinson played on a some of their tracks - might be him? Good stuff. Garry

Good one Bilbo. Thanks Garry

Plenty of free stuff here. Just pick out the ones you fancy. [url="http://www.vstplanet.com/index.htm"]http://www.vstplanet.com/index.htm[/url] Garry

[quote name='rasher80' post='667199' date='Nov 27 2009, 11:24 AM']can someone help me? on Stuart's transcripton, between the standard notation and tab, there's a sequence of [i]t[/i] s and [i]p [/i] s which seem to be in line with the notes. my understanding of theory is zilch so i don't know what it means? I thought it might be instruction for slap, which i ain't too great on either :blush:[/quote] You are correct, its for getting down, being a Funky mother f##@er,shaking your booty,giving it large, Or a slap attack warning. T = Thumbed P = Pull Or Popped. [Pull meaning, to pull string - not the opposite sex, but if done tastefully can lead to this] Garry

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='665814' date='Nov 26 2009, 01:15 AM']basically wasn't any rich tapestry of musical styles,[/quote] Just a rich slapestry of musical styles then. Garry

[quote name='chardbass' post='654153' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:50 PM']Much prefer them with the Gould boys. Phil Gould has that Porcaro understated thing going on.. love it. I remember buying Guaranteed on cassette (1991ish?) and realising that they were no longer fashionable. So much good [i]proper[/i] muso-friendly music around then- Level 42, Hue and Cry, Go West (getting a bit more programmed leading me on to..) Scritti Politti (studio genius) Back to Level 42- no slap but this has to be one of the most haunting tunes for anyone who had their heart broken in the late 80s- sorry to open those old wounds again [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_xVtM-wsY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_xVtM-wsY[/url][/quote] Good track - It seems L42 were doing lounge and chill before it was even invented... Some good vids up on this posting. Garry

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='653013' date='Nov 12 2009, 08:33 PM']Sorry, but are you confusing this thread with [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=67052"]this other thread[/url]?[/quote] Ho, Ho... Very good. Garry

I have tons of stuff with NS doing Bass. I am a big fan of his. His list of credits is pretty stunning. Garry

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='652024' date='Nov 11 2009, 09:36 PM']sections of unlistenable w***ery on there though. To be expected really, when the record was aimed squarely at the [b]fawning bass player market[/b].[/quote] And quite a big market that is...... And he as any other full time Muso/business likes to make money. Thumb work is his nine to five [with some overtime throwm in] Maybe working at Kentucky Fried Chicken dont appeal to him. There is some stunning Fretless stuff from VW out there. That seems to get missed for some reason or other.[In this country anyway] More to him than your quoted one album and 'you tube'/trade show Videos. Its all opions of course, But like him or hate him, there is no denying his superb Musicianship. Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='651088' date='Nov 10 2009, 10:09 PM']Interesting, I think that what is lost on you in motown is very similar to what you try to point out to others in your various assertions regarding the artistry of many jazz performers. It seems to me that you possibly don't have a connection with what motown is for, eg it feels good, it's not taxing, it's light natured, it's for the lightness of spirit emanating from the need to shed the troubles of the working week and what it meant to be black in America at that time, it clings to Africa in that the players let down their hair and invite the listener in to a feel good half hour or so, and join in with a holler or a shuffle. I can see that compositionally some of the material is not substantially artistically challenging but would it fulfill the same role if it were? I doubt it... and surely any attempt for it to be that would miss the point. One of it's greatest attributes is that it's done by people who didn't have to think hard about what they are doing, because it's a very natural art form, or furrow their collective brow in trying to eke out the quintessential last drop of pained artistry from every note, they simply did what they did, and millions couldn't resist the urge to get to the dance floor and suspend the drudgery of the working week, the racism, the poverty. Some of history's great players went through the motown studios and their magic ingredient was how good it all felt. Thats what I reckon anyhow....[/quote] That makes good read Jake. Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='651088' date='Nov 10 2009, 10:09 PM']Interesting, I think that what is lost on you in motown is very similar to what you try to point out to others in your various assertions regarding the artistry of many jazz performers. It seems to me that you possibly don't have a connection with what motown is for, eg it feels good, it's not taxing, it's light natured, it's for the lightness of spirit emanating from the need to shed the troubles of the working week and what it meant to be black in America at that time, it clings to Africa in that the players let down their hair and invite the listener in to a feel good half hour or so, and join in with a holler or a shuffle. I can see that compositionally some of the material is not substantially artistically challenging but would it fulfill the same role if it were? I doubt it... and surely any attempt for it to be that would miss the point. One of it's greatest attributes is that it's done by people who didn't have to think hard about what they are doing, because it's a very natural art form, or furrow their collective brow in trying to eke out the quintessential last drop of pained artistry from every note, they simply did what they did, and millions couldn't resist the urge to get to the dance floor and suspend the drudgery of the working week, the racism, the poverty. Some of history's great players went through the motown studios and their magic ingredient was how good it all felt. Thats what I reckon anyhow....[/quote]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='651195' date='Nov 10 2009, 11:33 PM']But then I've heard Vic Wooten himself say that music's nothing unless you've got something to say, and then bombard people with a barrage of double-thumbing noise that sounds like a hyperactive toddler with a pair of spoons and a metal bucket for 3 minutes straight. What was he trying to say? "I can play bass THIS fast"?[/quote] Urm.. i meant lyrical in melodic sense. Oh well. Garry